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| Sudan releases opposition leader Turabi |
| 2009-03-11 |
| Sudanese authorities have released opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi nearly two months after he was detained following a call for President Omar al-Bashir to surrender to the International Criminal Court, his family said Monday. Hassan al-Turabi, 76, was freed from prison in Port Sudan and flown to his home in the capital Khartoum in the early hours without explanation, his son Siddig told Reuters. Sudanese security officers arrested Turabi on Jan. 14, two days after he urged Bashir to surrender to the ICC, saying he thought the head of state was "politically culpable" for the crimes committed in Darfur. |
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